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I am from the United States. I would pronounce all three spellings the same way: a-LAH-nə.

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I have know one or two, I think. I don't know which spelling they used.

Alana is uh-law-nuh
Alanna is uh-lan-uh
Alannah is either one more likely for me to say uh-law-nuh though

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(From the U.S.)

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Don't like the name either spelling. I love Alayna though :)

I pronounce them all the same, uh-lon`-uh. I know an Alana and an Alanna and I am from the US.

I come from the UK and I say them all the same - al-AH-nuh
I quite like it, it's pretty and girly and a bit more substantial than just Anna. I would probably use the Alanna spelling, but they're all nice.

My default version is Alannah, which I pronounce aLANa. Alanna looks unfinished, but I would assume that it was a version of Alannah and pronounce it the same way.

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Where I live - South Africa - Alana would be ah LAH na.

I pronounce them all the same: uh-LON-uh. I am from the northeastern part of the US.

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I know 2, and I believe they both use the Alana spelling. One of them is in their mid-20s and the other is about 4. I personally don't particularly care for it, but I don't dislike it. I'm pretty neutral on it. Were I to ever use it, I would go with either Alana or Alanna. Certainly not Alannah.

I would pronounce them all Uh-LAH-uh. I know several, with different spellings, although Alana is the most popular. Lana and Lanie are also kicking around: two girls in my grade of 100 were nicknamed Lanie (LAH-nee). Alannah I'd be unsure about. Maybe I would go with with Uh-LAN-uh there.

Alana: uh-LAH-nah
Alanna and Alannah: uh-LANN-ah (middle syllable rhymes with Anne)

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I'm from the US. I hate uh-LANN-ah and don't like ah-LAH-nah. The former is ugly and nasal the latter is insubstantial and fluffy, and somehow manages to seem dated and trendy at the same time.

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I know an Alana and an Ilana.

I pronounce them all a-LAN-uh (or like the key for Alana on BtN) and I'm from Canada. I like it okay but it's not a favourite, and I know 2, both in their 20's. My first instinct is to spell it Alana, but I've never really given it much thought. I also know an Ilana, which comes out sounding pretty much the same.

I know one Alannah in Australia = a-LAH-nuh
The other versions look like alan-uh and a-LAN-uh to me and I feel strongly that they lack the beauty of Alannah in both spelling and sound

I'd probably say all of them a-LAH-na, but I'd be more likely to pronounce Alannah as a-LANN-a. I like Alana and Alanna, but not Alannah. Alana is my favorite spelling. I don't know any.

Alana is a-LAY-na for me, but only because I know an Alana who pronounces it as such.
Alanna and Alannah are both a-LAN-na. I don't know anyone with this name.

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If it's pronounced a-LAN-na, I'd spell it Alanna. If it's pronounced a-LAY-na, my default spelling is Alaina. I'm not particularly fond of the name, as it doesn't have a lot of depth to it (i.e., purely "pretty" and not really historic or anything), but it sounds nice, I guess. Very blah.

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I'm from the U.S.

I pronounce them all uh-LAH-nuh, however, I've only known one (she's 13) and she pronounces it uh-LAN-uh. I have known a few Lanas, though (again, with the flat a sound). I like the name just fine,however, I don't care for the superfluous h on the end of Alannah because it makes the name look unwieldy.

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ETA that I'm from Virginia, USA.

This message was edited 3/22/2012, 2:21 PM

uh-lahn-ah for all of them, unless I'm told different. I like the Alannah spelling best.

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Alana- ah-LAH-na
Alanna and Alannah- ah-LAN-na (lan to rhyme with can)

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I'm from the UK. I like it, I used to like in Ireland and it was common there.

ə-LAHN-ə, all of them, and I'm from the US.

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Although I never thought about it before, but it says here Alana is ə-LAN-ə. That makes sense, and I like it better.

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I only know one Alannah, she's my age. If someone told me their name was Alannah, I'd spell it that way.

I say Alana so it rhymes with Madonna. Alanna and Alannah I say to rhyme with banana.

a-LAN-uh, maybe a-LAHN-uh for Alana. I'm from Sweden so I don't know any. I like it and think I prefer Alannah.

I would guess the second syllable is "lah", to rhyme with "law", for all of them, but wonder whether maybe it should be a short "a" sound, to rhyme with "can" in the case of Alanna. I'm in the U.S.

all uh-lah-nuh. I'm from SC, USA.

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ETA: accent on second syllable.

This message was edited 3/22/2012, 1:36 PM